The final season of “Stranger Things” will soon reveal whether his band of unassuming heroes can triumph over the demonic upside-down dimension plaguing his fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. However, for those who can’t wait, the parody musical “Stranger Sings” is here.
The aptly named show plays off-Broadway in New York and London and is coming to Melbourne, Australia in November, according to CNET. Written and produced by Jonathan Hogue, this “backwards” version of the Netflix series hilariously subverts the first season.
“When I first started exploring this series as a musical parody, the songs and story beat fell together so naturally, as if the show was meant to be set to music and parodied from the start,” Hogue told CNET.
“Who doesn’t want to see…Barb become a vengeful musical diva?”
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“Stranger Things” was created as a love letter to 80s horror. It sees high school friends Mike, Lucas, Will and Dustin save Eleven, a young girl with psychokinetic powers who is being hunted by government agents and interdimensional creatures from the universe. Upside Down.
Fans may remember Barb (Shannon Purser) from Season 1, Nancy Wheeler’s (Natalia Dyer) loyal friend who was dragged away by a Demogorgon and never seen again. Her unceremonious death caused a viral Hashtag #JusticiaParaBarbthat Hogue took into account.
“It was also important to me that while the show remained fun throughout, I also made sure to infuse it with just the right amount of heart so that audiences would really care about these characters, as silly as they are,” Hogue told CNET, adding. he was inspired by “Saturday Night Live” and “Monty Python”.
That infusion of heart resulted in hilarious and self-aware songs from Nancy and Barb about their friendship, in which they confidently shout that nothing will ever tear them apart. “We’ll stick together, friends forever, and best friends never, ever die,” they sing.
The two-hour musical features 14 songs from fan-favorite characters, including Eleven (who was played on the series by Millie Bobby Brown) singing about how horrible it was to experiment on the National Laboratory’s evil Dr. Brenner (Matthew Modine). Hawkins. .
“Yeah, you said you’d always be there, so I’m sucked into a nightmare,” Barb sings in another scene. “Come find me or maybe; Barb is dead, so let’s forget about me! Clearly, I am not central to this plot; let me disappear because why not?
Inspired by “classic ’80s movies and music” and Mel Brooks, Hogue has received overwhelmingly positive reviews and awards for the musical. He told CNET that everyone can enjoy it, even if they’ve never seen the Netflix show, or angrily tweeted #JusticeForBarb.
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